But Mr Poterba says even this suggests an increase in consumption that is small by comparison with the increase in household stockmarket wealth.
The exhibition opens with an anonymous painting in which 16th-century Venetian diplomats, identifiable only by their simple dress in comparison with the rich garb of the locals, are being presented to a Mamluk leader.
By comparison, in dealing with the vast realms of low-content data, just about the only way to cost-effectively refine down to the good stuff will be through high-powered data compression.
However, this year the BBC will measure 2013 change in seats by comparison with the last election, 2009, when most of these councils were elected (thus ignoring subsequent by-election changes and councillor defections).
Fish skinned and filleted by hand have a 15-pound recovery on every 22 pounds, in comparison with 10 pounds of recovery when done by a machine.
The budget deficit, projected to fall from 9.3% of GDP in 2009 to 4.6% in 2011, pales by comparison with Ireland's.
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In any case, by comparison with most other parts of the world, and with any other era of human history, the United States and western Europe are converging in their attitudes to danger.
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Imports rose by 41% year-over-year in the first quarter, with exports growing 22% by comparison.
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Per capita income has fallen in comparison with the national average by nearly 20%.
In a side-by-side comparison with the RT, everything looked a little sharper, a little less pixelated.
Yet, even their maximalist positions generally pale in comparison with the treatment authorized by the Mexican constitution.
In a side-by-side comparison with the Galaxy Nexus, it looks like the phone's display is incrementally larger, although we're unable to tell the precise size, nor whether we'll be treated to Super AMOLED Plus or some Pentile substitute.
Otherwise, that 13% tax rate will pale in comparison with the "taxes" levied by mobsters.
The threat posed by the fidgety remote control and the poky VCR pales in comparison with the digital threat.
But in the 18th century, after political union with England, the Scots did their best to stamp out their own tongue believing that it was coarse low-class stuff in comparison with the finer words being spoken by London's elite.
Shark finning is driven by the fact that the animals' fins are highly valuable in comparison with shark carcasses.
By comparison with the rest of America, which continues to languish in the doldrums, Texas is thriving.
There have been some damning verdicts on the standard of education offered by Wales' schools in recent years, not least the unfavourable Pisa comparison with other countries.
By comparison, the heavier Panamera Turbo does 0-60 in 4 seconds, with a top speed of 188 mph.
The little sonata by Diogenio Bigaglia is a remarkable piece of music that really stands out in comparison with his other instrumental works.
Many of them pale in comparison with his later works, yet Koontz was buoyed by fan letters, and he convinced himself that his rise from journeyman to bestselling author was imminent.
The US president said that many doubts were expressed about the operation by those who knew about it, because of the greater perceived risks in comparison with other possible methods such as air strikes, but that he welcomed this openness.
The town is certainly down at heel by comparison with the nearby capital, though it has a mildly exotic flavour in other respects, including five tattoo parlours on the main street.
Even that kind of ball-striking paled in comparison with 2003 winner Padraig Harrington who was beaten into joint second by a stroke, alongside South African James Kingston.
The company is focusing on increasing oil and natural gas production significantly by 2015 and also spent huge sums of money to lift natural-gas accessibility in comparison with diesel and gasoline in the U.S. transportation sector.
By comparison, Yelp has 543 reviews with star ratings for the El Castillito taqueria in San Francisco, while Facebook has 97 likes (none from my friends), and a few scattered wall posts on a sparse unofficial landing page.
Such challenges are likely to pale, however, by comparison with the edicts handed down by multilateral tribunals whose deciding votes are, in every instance, selected by international bureaucrats (in the case of one arbitral panel, by the UN Secretary General himself).
The performance of Scottish stores was modest in comparison with shops in the UK as a whole, where sales rose by 5.5% in December.
By comparison, Verizon holds 22MHz of 700MHz spectrum in many markets, so these guys are working with a decent-sized slice of the pie here.
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By comparison, in high frequency trading, they want speed first and they are willing to live with whatever the power draw is in that co-location center if it gives them an edge.
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